FARMINGVILLE, NY - Brookhaven Town residents and small businesses can clean out those attics and storerooms full of old letters, medical forms, and financial records and bring them to the Town’s Waste Management Facility on November 21-22 where they can watch them being fed into a large shredder and baled for recycling. Brookhaven’s Waste Management Facility is located on Horseblock Road in Yaphank, north of Sunrise Highway.

“This event is a wonderful way for our residents and businesses to get rid of all of those personal papers in their homes that they wanted to throw out, but were afraid to. Identity theft is a real concern for many people, and this event provides a free opportunity to have these records destroyed as you watch – and then be recycled to help protect our environment,” said Councilman Timothy Mazzei, the Town Council’s liaison to the Department of Waste Management.

The massive mobile shredder - provided through Hudson-Baylor - the company that manages the Recycling facility for the Town - can shred large volumes of records in minimal time while preserving security. Documents brought to the Shredding Event will be dumped into a 65-gallon container and then into the shredder, enabling each participant to witness the secure destruction of sensitive papers.

Many residents and small businesses use small desk-side shredders before recycling personal papers. The November shredding event will enable those who want to discard a large volume of stored documents to shred these records en masse. Paper can be brought in boxes or bags. Documents can remain stapled together, but paper clips and other metal must be removed along with any other contaminants such as rubber bands, etc.

“In addition being free for those who come down to shred their documents, this service has no cost to our taxpayers, and the town actually earns revenue from the recycled paper that is shredded, collected and baled that day,” Mazzei said.

Shredding for residents will be on Saturday, November 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Small Businesses may come to the event on Friday, November 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. As space is limited, small businesses must first register by calling 451-TOWN.

Division of Public Information * Office of the Town Council
One Independence Hill • Farmingville • NY 11738 • Phone (631) 451-6595 • Fax (631) 451-6258